The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1887-10-15

til the backspring of her neck would
give way and back her head would
go to such an angle that her eyes
would look at the ceiling of the car,
and then her mouth would fly open
and she would commence to snore.
Talk about snoring, / say that
woman could eclipse anything in the
shape of human being that ever
did snore. Why she would just
make the car tremble when it was
running at the rate of % miles an
hour, am sure the car trembled
and it must have been her snoring
that caused (?) it. l would have
pitied an ordinary woman, but |
thought this one, Judging from her
looks, was able to stand it. There
were two fellows sitting behind me
and ] heard one of them remark
to the other that that woman looked
more like bulldog than any woman
he ever saw. She looked rather
muscular and did not express my
opinion, for believe she could have
thrashed any man on the train. /
wonder where the dear old soul is
now? j would like to see her nod
some more if / thought she would
not wake up "all of a sudden and
catch me laughing at her. Besides
this old lady to amuse us, we had a
crank on the train in the shape of
Randall, the evangelist, or his broth
er, and every time the train would
stop he would be out on the plat
form preaching fire and birthstone.
We also had hot box under one
coach that had to be watered and
repacked occasionally, and all told
we had quite an interesting time on
this trip. We arrived at Augusta
in good time for supper at the Plant
er's Hotel.
Augusta is rather an old town
with a population of about $4,000.
It is located in the extreme eastern
part of the State on the Savannah
river, and those who are up in geo
graphy know that South Carolina is
just across the river There are
some large factories here and quite
lot of manufacturing is done, but
on the whole there is not much en-
terprise in the people for the amount
of wealth they have. One peculiar
feature about the city is its wide
streets. Some of them are well
shaded but the main business street
is unpayed and of course very dusty
and hot in summer. They have
some very fine monuments in Au-
gusta, one of which was built by a
Sunday school to commemorate the
young men of the city that lost their
lives in the late war.
They are building fine hotel
here which will be, when completed,
quite an improvement over their
present ones.
After | was through with Augusta
l started on the Central r. r. of
Georgia for Macon, Ga The first
thing to be done was to 90 as far
south on the Savannah road as Mil
len little, hot, dusty, dirty, wig
wan of place, 70 miles from Savan-
nah, and here j was compelled to
change cars and wait three hours
for train. While | was waiting
for the train at this forsaken place
got into conversation with young
southerner that proved to be very
Entertaining. He was a young mar
ried man and lived with his father
on a large cotton plantation in West
ern Georgia, but had become tired
of the humdrum life of raising cot
ton and wanted to get out and see
the world. He was very confident
that he would succeed for he said he
was very determined about every
thing he undertook and very seldom
failed. For example he said when
| fell in love with my wife address
ed her and was refused, but" he
said, Il did not give up but waited
and addressed her again and was
again refused; but still did not give
up, but addressed her five different
times in as many different years and
at last won her."
/ admired that fellows courage,
his determination and never give-up
qualities, for those are the kind of
men that break the ranks and win
the battles, but l must say right
here if | never get wife until | ask
her five times to marry me | will die
bachelor. l wonder if it ever oc-
Cured to him that that dear little
wife of his was trying her best to
win some one else the first four wears
and a half that he was trying to win
her, and when she found that she
could not do any better she accepted
him? This might not have been
true, but then again it might. These
awful girls are nice and sweet and
entertaining and captivating and
fascinating and all that but the
most of them are doing business for
themselves and know how to take
care of No. L. My advice to young
man would be if he should propose
to lady and get left, love her if
you must, but die in your tracks
rather than ask her again. If the
time ever comes when she really
loves you she will come round all
right and tell you she is sor-
ny she said no that time, and then
if you still love her and desire to
forgive her you can compromise the
matter by sending for the preacher.
But here comes the train and /
must be off. / no sooner got on
board than recognized the familiar
faces of Wilson and Rankin's min
strels. They are jolly set of fell
lows, about forty Of them all told,
and if they can't make you laugh
your case is hopeless.
There is nothing of Importance
along this road to describe, at least
l remember nothing except the heat
and dust, and they need no descrip-
ton. AS we had to keep the win
dows down going over this road we
almost suffocated from the heat, but
arrived at last in Macon in time for
dinner at Browns Hotel. Macon is
a very busy little city of about 3d.
600 and is a more er1ternris sine nlaca